Romans 7:12 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹²Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.

Romans 7:12 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Timothy 1:8
But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully;
Psalms 119:137
TZADDI. Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments.
Psalms 19:7-12
The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple. …
Romans 7:14
For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.
Psalms 119:172
My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteousness.

Topics

Good and Evil Justification Law Legislation Moral Law Mosaic Law Obedience Precepts

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 7-13)

To what he had said in the former paragraph, the apostle here raises an objection, which he answers very fully: What shall we say then? Isa. the law sin? When he had been speaking of the dominion of sin, he had said so much of the influence of the law as a covenant upon that dominion that it might easily be misinterpreted as a reflection upon the law, to prevent which he shows from his own experie…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 12)

12-13. Wherefore--“So that.” the law is--“is indeed” good, and the commandment--that one so often referred to, which forbids all lusting. holy, and just, and good.